A 650-acre wildfire near Foresthill in threatening 400 structures in Placer and El Dorado counties, Cal Fire said Tuesday night. The fire is now 5 percent contained.

At least 100 homes in Placer County were evacuated Tuesday due to the steep and inaccessible terrain.

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"This fire wasn’t immediately threatening the homes," Cal Fire spokesperson Daniel Berlant said. "But, because this community is a one way in, one way out, we want to make sure the residents, especially on the southern end of this subdivision, are evacuated."

Mandatory evacuations are in place for:

-Oakwood Court-Vinewood Court-Trail Head Court-Green Pine Court

Voluntary evacuations are in place for:

-White Tail Court- Alton Trail- Gray Court- Tevis Court

Cal Fire closed Nugget Drive and Oakwood Lane.

"It’s been kind of frantic because we really don’t know what’s going on," evacuee John Eddy said. "So, we’re just grabbing what we can. And, the important thing was to get home and get our dogs out, and you know, whatever pictures we can take with us in case we lose everything."

John Eddy lives on Gray Court with his wife Michelle Eddy.

"It’s been scary," Michelle Eddy said. "I was worried about the dogs. Once I got a hold of my husband, and I knew he was here getting the dogs, I was pretty good then."

Evacuees can go to Foresthill High School, officials said. Trailers and RVs can go to the Lower Mill site. Officials said animals can go to Gold Country Fairgrounds in Auburn.

As of 9 p.m., there were no evacuations in El Dorado County.

The blaze, called the Trailhead Fire, ignited before 2 p.m. along the middle fork of the American River outside of Todd Valley.

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Firefighters on the ground and in the air were working in 101-degree heat against the flames in a remote, rugged area that is difficult to access, California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection spokesperson Lynnette Round said.

"It's in some really steep terrain. We have air and ground units out there working really, really aggressively to put this fire out," Round said.

The fire was initially reported to be 20 acres, but then quickly grew to 100 acres. By Tuesday night, the fire was burning 250 acres in El Dorado County and 50 acres in Placer County. The blaze is 0 percent contained.

“It’s extremely difficult. I’ve been down in those canyons and that’s some rough territory,” evacuee Richard Wood said. “We’ve been here for 20 years, we’ve seen how [firefighters] respond to fires, they do a great job."

Cal Fire said the flames were boxed in by retardant lines as of 9 p.m.

About 250 firefighters are battling the flames, with four helicopters and eight air tankers.

Around 7:30 p.m., a drone was spotted over a section of the blaze, suspending the air attack in that area. Before 8:40 p.m., air attacks resumed in that area, with a D-10 air tanker returning to make drops over the flames.

“I think it’s absolutely ridiculous,” said George Kellogg who came to photograph the Trailhead Fire from the ground. “The problem is there are huge air tankers coming in and they have to drop low. So, they can’t be bothered by a drone that’s flying in the area because it could get sucked up in the jet and cause a major accident.”

No injuries or structure damage had been reported as of Tuesday night.